Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business A new exciting range of series of Nissan Patrol Nismo, with a blend of motorsports and concentrated power in the spirit of SUV, is all set to rule the UAE roads. Arabian Automobiles — the exclusive dealer for Nissan in Dubai and the Northern Emirates — has recently announced that the much-anticipated vehicle would ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The region’s luxury sector is continuing to demonstrate resilience in spite of economic challenges, driven by investor recognition of many opportunities the current market landscape presents, UAE industry experts said. Record-low oil prices have had a ripple effect on global economies, however with growing private wealth in the GCC – reaching a cumulative USD 2.2 ...

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business There is a dire need of educating and motivating people to make sure they keep their safety as prime concern while driving, UAE experts emphasise. On the same lines, various technology and automobile companies in UAE are trying out innovative ideas like discounts on their rides for encouraging people to abide by the traffic ...

  Bloomberg Natural gas futures have soared since March on speculation that supplies are finally falling after a decade of gains. Production numbers tell a different story. Prices have gained 28 percent from a 17-year low in March, the biggest advance for the period since 2002, as investors including Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn bet the market would put a dent ...

  Bloomberg Mexico’s consumer prices dropped more than forecast in April as electricity and food prices tumbled, keeping the annual inflation rate below the central bank’s target. Prices decreased 0.32 percent from a month earlier, the national statistics institute said on its website. The median forecast of 20 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was for a decline of 0.25 percent. From ...

  Bloomberg For about a half hour, it looked like Brazil’s world-beating rallies were coming undone. A few minutes before noon on a relatively calm trading day in Sao Paulo, the real suddenly plummeted by the most in four years and $16.5 billion was wiped off the value of the benchmark stock index. Within 30 minutes, both markets had mostly ...

  Bloomberg Political turmoil in Brazil shouldn’t stop Petrobras from completing asset sales it has already opened up to bidders, according to one company vying for the state-controlled driller’s Bauna offshore field. An impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff that could force her to temporarily step down as early as this week shouldn’t derail any ongoing negotiations, Petro Rio SA ...

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam signalled he’s confident in delivering planned cost cuts this year after a tumultuous first quarter sparked a second quarterly loss. The shares jumped. Switzerland’s second-biggest bank on Tuesday reported a loss of 302 million Swiss francs ($311 million) in the three months through March, compared with a profit of ...

  Bloomberg The owner of Banco Santander SA’s Madrid headquarters asked a London judge to delay a dispute with Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and other lenders who are seeking about 700 million euros ($798 million) from interest-rate swaps linked to the 1.9 billion-euro acquisition of the Ciudad Financiera complex. Marme Inversiones’ lawyer Richard Hill asked the judge to ...

  Reuters Qatar’s Ahli Bank has started talks to raise a $250 million three-year loan, banking sources maintained. The loan will be partially used to refinance an existing $200 million facility the bank signed in September 2014 and is due to mature next year, two of the sources said on condition of anonymity as the negotiations are private. One of ...